'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'
1808
Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
circa 1808
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Reproduction in wood. No 127
1808
Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black
1809
Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes
1807
Gold watch by John Gibson, Royal Exchange
1808
Spring-detent escapement watch in a gold case by Reid & Co. London
1807
Gold watch by Recordon
1807
A Royal watch by Samuel Houston
1807
Five wooden molecular model balls
circa 1810
Half-penny coin
1806
Oval snuff box, England, 1807
1807
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Herschel, William, head and shoulders
1808
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Chemical Lectures
circa 1810
Model, press for cutting out coin blanks
circa 1808
Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton
1809
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Half-penny coin
1806
Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid
1809
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin
700 BCE; 1931
Model of Mud House
6000-5000BCE
Model of a Phoenician bireme ship
1845-1964
Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE
1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)
Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower
1979-80
Zwanziger coin of Francis I (Austria)
1809
Franc or Italian Lira coin of Napoleon I
1810
Forty Francs coin of Napoleon I (France)
1806
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Seven-Shilling coin of George III
1806
Two Scudos coin of Carlos IV (Spain)
1806
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Five Francs coin of Napoleon I (France)
1811
Red granite drill core
2686-2613 BCE
Fire at the Albion Mills, Blackfriars Bridge on 3 March 1791
1808
Etching, The Triumph of Gas Lights
1810
Portrait: engraving
1806
Water-colour. Mr. Sadler's balloon ascent at Hackney
1811